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Unless stated otherwise, seminars are on Thursdays from
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Auditorium (Rm. 2400) on the second floor
of the New Wing of the Computer and Space Science Building.
Coffee, tea and cookies are served in the adjoining Atrium at 3:00 p.m.
You can subscribe to the seminar series via Google Calendars by clicking this button:
January
Special Seminar:
Friday, January 12 at 11 am in CSS 3425
Impact of climate change on the water cycle in West Africa:
Numerical modelling and uncertainty
Dr. Tristan d'Orgeval
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du C.N.R.S.
Contact: Hugo Berbery
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February
February 1
Hybrid Variational/Ensemble Data Assimilation
Dr. Dale Barker
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
February 8
Climate Change Technology Research: Do we
need a Manhattan Project for the Environment?
Mr. Lee Lane
Climate Policy Center
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
February 15
Tracking the sources of stratospheric water: new measurements of isotopic markers of deep convection
Dr. Elizabeth Moyer
Harvard University
Contact:Dan Kirk-Davidoff
February 22
Causes and Impacts of the 2005 Amazon Drought
Prof. Ning Zeng
University of Maryland
Contact: Ning Zeng
Abstract
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March
March 1
The Global Aerosol System as Viewed by MODIS Today
Dr. Lorraine Remer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Contact: Zhanqing Li
Abstract
March 8
Linking Landscape and Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin for 200
years
Prof. R. Eugene Turner
Louisiana State University
Contact: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
Abstract
March 15
SO2 over China detected with EOS Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument and aircraft in-situ measurements
Dr. Nickolay A. Krotkov
GEST/UMBC and NASA/GSFC
Contact: Zhanqing Li
Background on OMI
Relevant Paper
March 22
Spring Break --- No Seminar
March 29
Tropical influences on the hydroclimate and vegetation of Central and Southwest Asia
Prof. Matt Barlow
U. Mass Lowell
Abstract
Contact: Sumant Nigam.
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April
April 5
The Impact of Tropical Indian Ocean Warming on Southern Hemisphere Polar Climate
Dr. Judith Perlwitz
NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Contact:Dan Kirk-Davidoff
Abstract
April 12
POSTPONED TO FALL 2007
History of Numerical Weather Forecasting
Prof. Kristine Harper
New Mexico Tech
Contact:Dan Kirk-Davidoff
April 19
The Origins of ITCZ, Monsoon and Monsoon Onset
Dr. Winston Chao
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
Abstract
April 26
The Eugene Rasmusson Symposium at the 2007 AMS Annual Meeting: Gene's Hydroclimate Legacy
Prof. Sumant Nigam
University of Maryland, College Park
Contact: Sumant Nigam
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May
May 10
Prof. Alex Hall
A Strategy to Reduce the Persistent Spread in Projections of Future Climate
University of Calfornia at Los Angeles
May 17
The use of spectral zenith radiance measurements to better understand cloud-radiation processes
Dr. Warren Wiscombe
NASA GSFC
May 24
Overview of the EAST-AIRE experiment
Prof. Zhanqing Li
University of Maryland
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September
September 6
From Physics to Fish: Nature's rules and biological loopholes
Prof. Ragu Murtugudde
Dep't. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
University of Maryland
September 13
Modeling Marine Microbial Communities
Dr. Mick Follows
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contact: Ragu Murtugudde:
September 20
Observing System Experiments using NCEP Operational Data Assimilation Systems
Mr. James Jung
NCEP
Contact: Eugenia Kalnay:
September 27
Africa's role in global water and carbon cycles: Diagnosing ecosystem
processes and connections to climate
Dr. Christopher Williams
GEST/UMBC/NASA GSFC
Contact: Ning Zeng:
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October
October 4
Examples of Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation in Oceanography
Dr. Ibrahim Hoteit
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Contact:Eugenia Kalnay:
October 11
Tropical and Subtropical Salinity and Hydrologic System Variability During the Late Quaternary
Prof. Howard Spero
Department of Geology, U.C. Davis
Contact: Ning Zeng:
October 18
"Climate change in the Sahel"
Dr. Alessandra Giannini
IRI for Climate and Society/Columbia University
Contact: Ernesto Munoz:
October 25
Weather by the Numbers: The Development of NWP in the Mid-Twentieth
Century
Prof. Kristine Harper
Humanities Department, New Mexico Tech
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
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November
November 1
Self-maintaining jets and subtropical drying in the greenhouse
Prof. Walter Robinson
NSF/University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
November 8
"Hadley circulation and monsoon dynamics."
Prof. Tapio Schneider
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Caltech
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
November 15
Regional radiative forcing vs regional climate response: Implications for science and for environmental policy
Dr. Hiram Levy
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Contact: Russ Dickerson:
November 22
Thanksgiving, no lecture
November 29
From the Laboratory to the Storm Environment:
Integrating Observations and Models of Rainfall Microphysics
Prof. Ana Barros
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Duke University
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
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December
December 6
"The Orbiting Carbon Observatory"
Prof. Ross Salawitch
University of Maryland
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